UPDATE 1-Lavrov, Kerry to attend Syria talks on Saturday in Lausanne

(Adds State Department confirmation, details)

MOSCOW Oct 12 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a
meeting in Lausanne on Saturday to discuss the Syria crisis,
the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

It said the two men had agreed to hold the meeting to
consider what further steps could be taken to get a Syria
settlement.

Foreign ministers from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Iran
will also take part in the talks.

A senior State Department official confirmed that Kerry
would attend the meeting.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow and Lesley Wroughton
in Washington; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Andrew
Osborn)

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